1. Figurative Language An Author Uses

3. Simile  His feet were as big as boats.

11. Personification  Our teacher was a real witch!

12. Personification  Give human traits to nonhuman things, like animals or objects

16. Simile, Metaphor, or Personification?  The baby was like an octopus, grabbing at all the cans on the grocery store shelves.  As the teacher entered the room, she muttered under her breath, "This class is like a three-ring circus!"  The giant’s steps were thunder as he ran toward Jack.  The pillow was a cloud when I put my head upon it after a long day.  My stomach told me just what it thought of me eating spicy food for dinner.

17.  I feel like a limp dishrag.  Those girls are like two peas in a pod.  The trees complained with groans as the wind moved their branches.  No one invites Harold to parties because he’s a wet blanket.  The bar of soap was a slippery eel during the dog’s bath.  Three daisies danced daintily in the cool spring breeze. Simile, Metaphor, or Personification?